First day of rehearsal
Well folks - today was unbelievable.
The day started with the cast meeting in Studio 6B at the New 42nd Street Studios. After a brief (haha) one-hour meeting with our reps from Equity, we were all invited to studio 6A for an official "meet and greet". Walking into the great room, I am met by over 50 members of the production and creative staff including Des McAnuff (director), Ron Melrose (Music Director), Sergio Trujillo (choreographer), Rick Elice (book writer) and all the Dodgers (producers), booking team, music coordinators, casting, etc, etc, etc...
To be in a room with these talented (and Tony Award winning individuals) was an amazing experience that I will never forget. We were told by Michael David (HUGE producer) that we were all part of something wonderful and we are going to make history with this show...and what a privledge sharing this show with people around the Country...i agree completely.
The next hour was spent with Ron checking our vocal types and matching us up with each other for blending. He also heard the four gentleman who are going to be playing Frankie, Bob, Tommy, and Nick...and chills ran up my spine hearing them sing those first few chords of "Big Girls Don't Cry".
The rest of the afternoon was a read-through of the script and some wonderful stories from Rick Elice about the Four Seasons (did you know Tommy DeVito was arrested for running counterfiet money for the Watergate scandal?).
All I can say is that the cast seems so nice, our crew is really on top of their shit, and tomorrow couldn't be sooner.
I am in the first National Tour of Jersey Boys...holy shit.
The day started with the cast meeting in Studio 6B at the New 42nd Street Studios. After a brief (haha) one-hour meeting with our reps from Equity, we were all invited to studio 6A for an official "meet and greet". Walking into the great room, I am met by over 50 members of the production and creative staff including Des McAnuff (director), Ron Melrose (Music Director), Sergio Trujillo (choreographer), Rick Elice (book writer) and all the Dodgers (producers), booking team, music coordinators, casting, etc, etc, etc...
To be in a room with these talented (and Tony Award winning individuals) was an amazing experience that I will never forget. We were told by Michael David (HUGE producer) that we were all part of something wonderful and we are going to make history with this show...and what a privledge sharing this show with people around the Country...i agree completely.
The next hour was spent with Ron checking our vocal types and matching us up with each other for blending. He also heard the four gentleman who are going to be playing Frankie, Bob, Tommy, and Nick...and chills ran up my spine hearing them sing those first few chords of "Big Girls Don't Cry".
The rest of the afternoon was a read-through of the script and some wonderful stories from Rick Elice about the Four Seasons (did you know Tommy DeVito was arrested for running counterfiet money for the Watergate scandal?).
All I can say is that the cast seems so nice, our crew is really on top of their shit, and tomorrow couldn't be sooner.
I am in the first National Tour of Jersey Boys...holy shit.
posted by The Guter at 10/23/2006 07:04:00 PM
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